Often there is a debate if we should put Citrix XenDesktop PVS vDisk on CIFS or SAN LUN. I like CIFS’s simplicity and SAN LUN’s resilience. Can we have both? Answer is SMB 3. To verify I setup a lab with … Continue reading →

NetApp Recovery Manager for Citrix ShareFile (NRM-CS) provides a background service for Citrix ShareFile administrators to restore user files that have been removed from the Citrix storage center. Designed to leverage the data protection and replication provided by Snapshot™, SnapVault®, … Continue reading →

I am very happy to announce new technical paper Citrix XenDesktop on NetApp Storage Solution Guide is released. Thanks for Neil Glick to architect and set up the whole infrastructure with me, and Will who did all the performance testing.

One of the benefits of NetApp clustered OnTap is non-disruptive operation. The key to efficiency and the lynchpin of clustering is the ability to make sure that the cluster does not fail—ever. The nondisruptive collection of independent nodes working together … Continue reading →

NetApp has introduced clustered OnTap. Now we can have up to 24 nodes in one cluster. Cluster makes new requirements on cluster interconnect network. I would like to share the concept and best practice on clustered Data OnTap networking. The … Continue reading →